Automobile-seat.



J A- STEMPLEJ AUTOMOBILE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.4.1914.

1 1 W178 1. Patented N0v.-16, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

J. A. STEMPLE.

AUTOMOBILE SEAT.

APPLICATION man SEPT. 4. 19x4.

1 9 1 6938 1. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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Be it known that-I, JAMES A, S'r'nMTriLE,

. a citizen of the Unitedlstatesi residingat West Lafayette, in thecount of Coshocton and state of Ohio; have invented certain new. anduseful Improvements in Automobile S'eats'; and" I do hereby declare thefollowingtb be a full, clear, and exact description"oftheinvention, suchas will enable others ski-Hedda the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.-

' This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automobileeats, and has forits principal object to provide" a seat which may beusedas a couchorseatat the desire of theuser.

Another object of the invention is to provide a seat, half of whichmaybe;thrown into a recliningfp'o'si-tion toenabIe-th driver. ofthevehiclein case of accident to" place the injured. party in the"car'andtakesaid party to a hospital or" place where proper treatment canbe given.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for supportingthe seat in its raised or lowered position and preventlng the same fromcoming out of alinement;

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth inthe following specification and in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a fragment of a car body illustrating indetail the method of supporting the back of the seat. Fig. 2 is a rearview showing the seat in its normal raised position. Fig. 3 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 2 showing one half of the seat lowered. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional View of a car body showing the seat in itslowered position. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional View of thecentral supporting means for the seat, and Fig. 6 is an enlargedperspective view of the floor plate.

teferring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates the chassis of a car of the usual construction provided withthe body designated generally by the numeral 2. This body comprises thefront and rear seats 3 and 4 respectively, and is provided with theusual floor 5. The usual side entrance doors 6 are formed in the sidewalls of the body and are arranged to permit ingress and egresstherefrom.

The back of the front seat, which is des ignated generally by th numeral7 com Specification of Letters :Ia'tent.

Warsaw. it, 1 915.

Application filedseptember 4.12314. Serial a... 860,279.

pris e'fs'jtlie' t'Wo hinged panels s ajnd 9 which aresecured to thelower panel 10 by means of the hinges 11 and 12; each of thesesections'8 and 9 is provided withthe rabbeted edges 13' which arearrangedfto cooperate with each other in holding the bacl; rigid when inits upward position. p

Secured to the section 9 is a suitable bolt provided with thumb nuts 14whichisarranged to extend through an aperture formed in the hasp 15which hasp is provided with the felt facing 16 to prevent injury to thepolished back of the sections 8 and 9. This hasp is provided at the endopposite the aperture through which the bolt extends, with alongitudinal slot 17 through which the curved end 18 of the threadedstem l9 is arranged to extend. This curved end is bent to form a. stapleand hold the hasp in operative positiom A suitable slotted plate 20 isprovided and theslotfin this plate is arranged to register wilth therecess 21 formed in the section 8 as clearly shownin Fig. 5. Suitablelocking bolts 22 are secured to each of the elements 8 and .9 near itsfree edge and, these bolts arearranged to engage the side walls of theve hicle body to hold the sections either in their raised or loweredposition.

Secured to the floor 5 of the vehicle is the floor plate designatedgenerally by the numeral 23 which is best illustrated in Fig. 6. Thisfloor plate comprises the body 24 which is provided with thelongitudinal slot 25, in which the free end of the hasp 15 is arrangedto extend when the section is in its lowered position. Suitable verticalflanges 26 are formed on the body, and these flanges terminate in theirlower extremities in the flanges 27 which are provided with the screwreceiving apertures 28 by means of which the device is held to thefloor.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use when it is desired touse the vehicle to transport an injured person, the section 8 may bereleased by unscrewing the thumb nut 14 from the bolt and releasing thebolt 22 from engagement with the side walls of the vehicle body. Thiswill permit the section 8 to swing downwardly into the horizontalposition illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and in this position, it will beapparent that the same will be supported by means of the hasp 15 whichwill engage in the slot 25 formed in the floor plate 23. The oppositecorn-er will be supported by i the bolt 22 which is arranged to engagein ered and will be supported in the manner hereinbefore described.

While 'in the foregoing there has been shown andidescribed the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesin the combination and arrangement of parts as may fall within the scopeof the cla imsmay be resorted to with- .out departing from the spiritand scope of theinvention.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. The combination with an automobile body having the back of'the frontseat formed in two sections, of a hasp, said hasp being arranged to holdthe back of the front seat in upward position and arranged to be swungdownwardly to form a support for the seat when the latter is lowered.

2. An automobile body having a front seat formed in twosections, each ofsaid sections being hinged to swing downwardly, means to lock thesections in their upward position, a 100p carried by one of thesections, a hasp extending through the loop, means carried by the othersection to engage the free end of the hasp and lock the two sectionstogether, the section carrying the loop being provided with a recess,the end of the hasp being arranged to enter the recessand a platesupported on the floor of the car, said plate being arranged to engagethe free end of the hasp and prevent the same from slipping when thesection is lowered.

3. A vehicle body including a front and rear seat, the back of the frontseat being formed in two independently hinged sections, bolts carried byeach section and arranged to engage the sides of the body to hold thesections upwardly, a hasp, a loop securing the hasp to one section, thesection being recessed, a slotted plate secured to the section the slotregistering with the recess, a bolt carried by the opposite section, awing nut arranged to engage the hasp and hold the same on the bolt and aplate secured to the floor of the rear portion of the vehicle, saidplate being arranged to receive the free end of the hasp to hold thesame in a vertical' position and thereby support the free edge of thefront seat sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. STEMPLE. Witnesses:

R. A. MCCLURE, J. T. WEST.

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' Washington, D. C.

